Upholstered chair



May 31 1932. .1. L. CABLE UPHoLsTERED CHAIR Filed April 16, 1930 Sheets-Sheet l Hyg,

May 31 1932. l J,LQABLE '1,860,381

UPHOLSTERED CHAIR Filed April 16, 1930 y2 sheets-sheet 2.

Patented May 31, ,1932

UNITED STATES .TULIUS L. CABL, F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS urnons'nnnn CHAIR Application led April I6,

This invention relates to u holstered Afurniture of the type primarily esigned to` employ cushions which comprise small, cloth-encased spiral springs whichl are usually sold separately forvarious purposes.

The objects of the invention are to provide a simplified construction of furniture which will enable the upholstering operations to be simplified, so that the employ*- ment of experienced upholsterers will be un necessary the cost of 'manufacture may be reduced. lso to provide an upholstered chair of .the knock down type, so that the chair may be packed for shipment in a much smaller space than would be required if assembled, and which is so arranged that itl may readily be reassembled for use. i

I accomplish these and other objects by providing a cushion, of the character above referredv to, with a pocket on its under side, which is formed by connecting to the cushion covering about its lower edges, sheet m'aterial similar to the covering, then inserting a stiff sheet metal plate in said pocket, and se- '25 curing the same therein, and then connecting the ,edge portions of the plate thus encased to the side sections of a chair, so that the sheet material thus acts as to hold said sections together and at the same time to support the cushion therebetween and hold it in position.

For 'a more complete disclosure of the invention, reference is made to the following specificatiomin connection with the accompanying drawings, in which;

F ig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a chair embodying the invention.l

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, at line 2--2` ofV Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of a bottom .platevwhich is employed.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the bottom plate supporting construction employed in connection therewith.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the cushion andbottom plate connection. y

Fig. 6 is an elevation of the rear side off the chair. Fig. 7 vis a perspective view of the back plate which is employed.

.brought into engagement with the bottom 193m serial 116,444,693.

Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view at lin-e.` 8-8 'of Fig. 6.

. Fig. 9 is' a sectional view at line`9-9 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 10 is aperspective view illustrating a 55 methodof assembling the back plate and cushion.

In the drawings a form of chair', having an upholstered seat and back, is` illustrated, which comprises-two correspondingly formed side frames, each having a horizontal side portion 10,' which connects a front leg 11 to a rear leg 12, the legs 11 being extended upward to support arm rests 13 and the rear legs being extended upward to provide side supports 14 for the back. A seat cushion 15 is provided which may be of any common type, preferably the type which .comprises a series of cloth encased'spiral springs, a construction well known to the art, 'said cushion 70 being provided .with 1a covering 16 'of any suitable material, as cloth or leather, and being mounted on a rigid sheet metal bottom plate 18, shown in detailin Fig. 3,I which is of somewhat greater width than, and of appronimately` the same length as the cushion 15. A cloth tongue 20 is. connected to the front end and adjacent. side portions lof the covering of lcushion l5 at its bottom, to form a pocket in which the front end of the sheet metal plate is inserted, said tongue 2O being drawn over the bottom side of the plate and being connectedat its end to a metal bar 22,

'i which is inserted in' a loop formed in the end of the tongue, as shown in Figs. l, 2 and 5, 85 said bar'22 being in turn connected to the under side ofthe plate 18 by'screws. The cushion 15 is also provided with a tongue 23 at its rear end, which is also connected to the cushion covering'and may be connected to 90 the plate .18 in any suitable manner. Asl shown, the plate' 18 is rovidedwith a de-l pending rear flange 24,Pwhichis perforated to permit the tongue 23 to be secured thereto by suitable fastening means. 95 As thus arranged the side edge portions of the plate 18 project beyond the sides ofthe cushion' and these edge portions, which are provided with suitable perforations 25, are 10o ed es of the horizontal. frame portionslo and are rigidly secured thereto by screws-as 26, which are passed therethru into the frames 10. The front portion of plate 18 is reduced in'width to permit the same to eX- in -F ig. 4. lThe plate 18 thus is supported by,

and securely connects theA side frames andthe cushion A15, which is supported on saidplate andis securely connected thereto.

A back cushion 30, which is similar to cushion 15, is provided, which is connected to a sheet metal back plate 32 by providing the back side of the cushion with a. pocket, formed by connecting a sheet 33, of material similar to ,that with which the front andrsides of thelcushion are. covered, to three of the back edges of the cushion, so that the back thereof is completely covered, then inserting the plate 32 therein, as indicated in Fig. 10, and then connecting thedisconnected edge of thesheet 33 to the cushion cover about the plate 32 in any convenient manner, as shown in Fig. l, so that the plate 32 will be completely enclosed and-secured to thecushion. The plate 32 is made of suiicientwidth to -permit the same to be connected to the back sides of the back leg extensions 14, and, to attachthe same thereto, the cushion is pressed inward suficiently to permit the edge portions of the plate to be placed against the back side of said extensions and then screws, as 34, are passed therethru to secure the same in this position, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7 The side frames are thus-securely. connected by the plates 18 and 32, which latter also support the seat and back cushions in position.

The above described construction thus enables the `cushions to be connected to metal bottom and back plates by sewing or similar means and the 'plates thereafter to .be connected to the side frames,sothat a complete, rigid structure is provided.

The above. described construction enables` the side frames and cushions to be crated compactly side by side for shipment, so that it` occupies a substantially smaller space ,than that which the chair occupies when completely assembled. The factory space required for manufacturing is also reduced, as compared with the space required for furniture havlng complete wood frames, and substantial savings in labor costs are 'made as com- Aof extending beneath and engaged with the bottom edge of each of said frameportions and having fasteners removably connecting said edge portions thereto and a cushion on said ,plate between said edge portions and having the covering material thereof extended zoV about the front and rear edges and beneath said plate and secured thereto.

- 3. A knock down chair'comprising a pair of side frames, each having a front and a rear leg, and a connecting frame portion, la bottom plate and a back plate, each of rigid, sheet metal and having-their opposite side edge portions over-lapping the bottom and back ends of siaid frame and having removable fasteners for forming a rigid connection therebetween, and a cushion disposed on each plate between the overlapping edge portions thereof, each cushion having a covering extending about the edges of its supporting plate and onto the back side thereof to connect the cushion thereto. by

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name lto this specification;

JULIUS L. CABLE. 

